| Content Description | Parody of an academic edition of a manuscript, with 'foreword' by Sir David Wilson, 'introduction' by Christine Fell, 'codicological note' by Raymond Page, 'comment on the archaeological implications' by James Graham-Campbell, illustrations by Calum Campbell and calligraphy by Elizabeth Williams.
'Daegboc Anes Nathwaes' is written in a parody of late South Saxon Old English; 'Wifmann ond ham' in a parody of another dialect of Old English; and 'The Werkes of Umffrey' is a collection of humorous poems in a parody of late Middle English - e.g. 'Vakum-Clenere', 'Umffrey Syngeth the Blewes', and 'Of the Hyncomme-Taxe'. |